Dunstall Plantations - Mixed woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.74170, -0.74517
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,607 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,607 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blackcap · Chiffchaff · Dunnock · Willow Warbler · Robin +31
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- TealAnas crecca
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Otter · Weasel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
- WeaselMustela nivalis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Viburnum Leaf Beetle · Clover-root Weevil · Silver-washed Fritillary · Painted Lady · Large Skipper +11
- Viburnum Leaf BeetlePyrrhalta viburni
- Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus
- Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
- Small Tortoiseshell
Oily Waxcap · Blue Roundhead · Blackening Waxcap · Snowy Waxcap
- Oily WaxcapHygrocybe quieta
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea2024
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica2024
- Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus2023
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Snowdrop · Dandelion · Meadow Crane's-bill · Betony · Dropwort +8
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
- BetonyBetonica officinalis2025
- DropwortFilipendula vulgaris2025
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,607 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blackcap · Chiffchaff · Dunnock · Willow Warbler · Robin +31
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- TealAnas crecca
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Otter · Weasel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
- WeaselMustela nivalis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Viburnum Leaf Beetle · Clover-root Weevil · Silver-washed Fritillary · Painted Lady · Large Skipper +11
- Viburnum Leaf BeetlePyrrhalta viburni
- Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus
- Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
- Small Tortoiseshell
Oily Waxcap · Blue Roundhead · Blackening Waxcap · Snowy Waxcap
- Oily WaxcapHygrocybe quieta
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea2024
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica2024
- Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus2023
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Snowdrop · Dandelion · Meadow Crane's-bill · Betony · Dropwort +8
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
- BetonyBetonica officinalis2025
- DropwortFilipendula vulgaris2025
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aglais urticae
Aglais urticae
Grizzled SkipperPyrgus malvaeGrizzled SkipperPyrgus malvaeBrachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysiBrachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysiBrachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysiBrachycaudus (Brachycaudus) helichrysiDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensTuberculatus (Tuberculoides) annulatusTuberculatus (Tuberculoides) annulatusTuberculatus (Tuberculoides) annulatusTuberculatus (Tuberculoides) annulatusAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaWheat Stem BorerCephus pygmeusWheat Stem BorerCephus pygmeus2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis20242025
2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Sweet VioletViola odorata2024Sweet VioletViola odorata2024